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<h4 class="subsection">9.54.3 Assembler Directives for the Z8000</h4>

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<p>The Z8000 port of as includes additional assembler directives,
for compatibility with other Z8000 assemblers.  These do not begin with
&lsquo;<samp>.</samp>&rsquo; (unlike the ordinary as directives).
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<dl compact="compact">
<dd><a name="index-segm"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>segm</code></dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002ez8001"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>.z8001</code></dt>
<dd><p>Generate code for the segmented Z8001.
</p>
<a name="index-unsegm"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>unsegm</code></dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002ez8002"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>.z8002</code></dt>
<dd><p>Generate code for the unsegmented Z8002.
</p>
<a name="index-name"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>name</code></dt>
<dd><p>Synonym for <code>.file</code>
</p>
<a name="index-global"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>global</code></dt>
<dd><p>Synonym for <code>.global</code>
</p>
<a name="index-wval"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>wval</code></dt>
<dd><p>Synonym for <code>.word</code>
</p>
<a name="index-lval"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>lval</code></dt>
<dd><p>Synonym for <code>.long</code>
</p>
<a name="index-bval"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>bval</code></dt>
<dd><p>Synonym for <code>.byte</code>
</p>
<a name="index-sval"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>sval</code></dt>
<dd><p>Assemble a string.  <code>sval</code> expects one string literal, delimited by
single quotes.  It assembles each byte of the string into consecutive
addresses.  You can use the escape sequence &lsquo;<samp>%<var>xx</var></samp>&rsquo; (where
<var>xx</var> represents a two-digit hexadecimal number) to represent the
character whose <small>ASCII</small> value is <var>xx</var>.  Use this feature to
describe single quote and other characters that may not appear in string
literals as themselves.  For example, the C statement &lsquo;<samp>char&nbsp;*a&nbsp;=&nbsp;&quot;he&nbsp;said&nbsp;\&quot;it's&nbsp;50%&nbsp;off\&quot;&quot;;</samp>&rsquo;<!-- /@w --> is represented in Z8000 assembly language
(shown with the assembler output in hex at the left) as
</p>
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<pre class="smallexample">68652073    sval    'he said %22it%27s 50%25 off%22%00'
61696420
22697427
73203530
25206F66
662200
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<dt><code>rsect</code></dt>
<dd><p>synonym for <code>.section</code>
</p>
<a name="index-block"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>block</code></dt>
<dd><p>synonym for <code>.space</code>
</p>
<a name="index-even"></a>
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<dt><code>even</code></dt>
<dd><p>special case of <code>.align</code>; aligns output to even byte boundary.
</p></dd>
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